CCO

Critical Contingency Operator

​CCO Key Persons

The role of the Critical Contingency Operator is performed by Key Persons approved by the Gas Industry Company.

Graham Alexander

Graham is a Chartered Engineer and has worked in both Gas Transmission and Gas Distribution for over 30 years in the UK, Turkey and New Zealand.

His expertise are in Pipeline Integrity, Operations & Maintenance and he has gained extensive experience in Emergency Management.

Julie Langford

Julie has a degree in Managerial Sciences and a Certificate in Emergency Management. She has worked in the NZ gas industry for 14 years including the role of System Operator for the Maui and Vector transmission systems and being part of the original Vector CCO delivery team since the introduction of the CCM Regulations in 2008. She is currently an industry consultant.

Ross Dixon

Ross is a registered professional engineer with a BE from the University of Canterbury and an experienced manager with an MBA from Massey University.

He has 23 years' Asset Management, Technical, Operational and Leadership experience across HV electrical power systems and oil/gas production & transportation systems.

News/Updates:

January 2019

Industry Training

The CCO will be holding a series of training sessions on Critical Contingency Management during April which were open to all industry stakeholders.

New Plymouth: Wednesday 3rd April 10 - 12pm

Auckland: Tuesday 9th April 1 - 3 pm

Wellington: Wednesday 10th April 10 - 12 pm

For more details on the location and to register your interest please email cco@cco.org.nz

Annual Exercise

The next CCO Annual Exercise will be held on Wednesday 8 May 2019.

A Participants Brief for the exercise will be available in due course.

Interested Parties:

If you would like to register as an Interested Party and receive direct email notification of the declaration of a Critical Contingency, please register your request using the Contact Us form.